Conjugal Rights.
MUCK-MARRIED COUNTESS. i HER QUEER POSITION. ! [By Electric Telegraph-—Copyright] [United Press Association.] (Received 9.40 a.m.) London, February 9. Countess Degrasquet James is suing Duke Borwin of Mecklenburg-Sch-werin for restitution of conjugal rights. The Countess, the American widow of a French Cpunt, married the Duke, !who is a cousin to the reigning Archduke, at the Dover registry office in 1911. The religious ceremony was performed in France two months later, hut the High Court of Mecklenburg annulled the marriage, on the ground ithat the Duke married without his I guardians' consent. J The Countess, therefore, is not his I wife in Germany, and she asks the Court to define her position in Eng[laud.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 34, 10 February 1914, Page 5
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114Conjugal Rights. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 34, 10 February 1914, Page 5
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